An Ancient olive oil mill was discovered during construction work on
the Thermi-Pigi-Lambou Mylon provincial road on the island of Lesvos,
Greece. It was found next to a farmhouse from the 5th century AD and it
was intact.
During the restoration, it was discovered that the oil
mill was a part of a large complex associated with the production and
utilization of the local products such as cereals, oil or wine and it
was in use from the 2nd to the 6th centuries AD.
The whole work
with transportation and restoration has lasted for two months before the
ancient oil mill was shown to the public. The project was funded
through European Structural and Investment Funds of European Union
(ESPA), reminding that culture should be supported even in difficult
times for the country.
“The Ancient olive oil mill was transferred
unchanged. We’ve set it up again in the courtyard of the new
Archaeological Museum where we did the whole restoration work, “said
Paul Triantaphyllides head of the Antiquities Office of Lesvos at the
July opening ceremony at Mytilene’s new Archaeological Museum. More